mater-tenebrarum

Plot twist: A fat protagonist has a compelling arc and stays fat the whole time, because using weightloss to signify personal growth is fucked up and also lazy writing.

I've always loved the little throughline of nature, and the earth and mud in particular, being this spiritually cleansing constant for Arya during ACOK

The water lapped softly around her legs. A few lantern bugs were coming out, their little lights blinking on and off. The green water was warm as tears, but there was no salt in it. It tasted of summer and mud and growing things. Arya plunged her face down into it to wash off the dust and dirt and sweat of the day. When she leaned back the trickles ran down the back of her neck and under her collar. They felt good. She wished she could take off her clothes and swim, gliding through the warm water like an skinny pink otter


She got dirt in her mouth but she didn't care, the taste was fine, the taste was mud and water and worms and life. Under the earth the air was cool and dark. Above was nothing but blood and roaring red and choking smoke and the screams of dying horses. She moved her belt around so Needle would not be in her way, and began to crawl. A dozen feet down the tunnel she heard the sound, like the roar of some monstrous beast, and a cloud of hot smoke and black dust came billowing up behind her, smelling of hell. Arya held her breath and kissed the mud on the floor of the tunnel and cried.


She had finally thrown away her cracked and rotted shoes. Walking barefoot was hard at first, but the blisters had finally broken, the cuts had healed, and her soles had turned to leather. The mud was nice between her toes, and she liked to feel the earth underfoot when she walked.

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Arya Stark: Queen of Wolves 👑🐺✨


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Anonymous asked:

I find myself deeply frustrated by people who assign Daenerys Targaryen’s titles to Jon Snow.

No, Jon is not the father of dragons, this isn’t a group project. Daenerys bled for her dragons, she walked into that pyre fully prepared to die. Jon Snow stumbled upon a direwolf, he is handed a Valyrian steel sword, he stumbles upon Dragonglass.

Everything Daenerys has, she has earned with her blood, her sweat and her tears. I truly wish people would stop using her achievements to prop up their faves. Since the Dragonbane died, her family had been trying to bring back dragons.

All this to say, blood is not enough. Jon being Rhaegar’s son means less than nothing in the context of hatching dragons.

asongofstarkandtargaryen:

Dany is the only person who will even be the mother of dragons. She’s the one who gave birth to the dragons and even if Rhaegal and Viserion one day find different riders to bond ( because Dany can’t become their rider; she’s already Drogon’s) that wont eliminate the special bond they all share with their mother; Dany. Their potential riders will be like the countless dragonriders from the past who shared a bond with the dragon they rode, meanwhile Dany will be the only person in history who revived the dragon species. That will always be hers and hers alone.

With that being said, I don’t like belittling a character in order to elevate another (and frankly Dany doesn’t need it, she’s special on her own account). Jon Snow didn’t stumbled upon the direwolves, he found them and convinced his father that his siblings were meant to have them, his actions lead to the greatest treasure the Stark siblings have; to a bond that helped them unlock their magical powers. He’s the one who found the sixth pup (despite the fact that Ghost is the silent one so possibly their bond was strong even before their meeting?) and claimed it for himself.

Furthermore, if you bothered to read Jon’s chapters you would know that he wasn’t given Longclaw just because. Jeor Mormont gave it to him because Jon bravely saved his life from a wight, even burning his hand in the process. Finally, it was Ghost who led him to the dragonglass. It’s not something that was discovered by chance, Ghost - who shares Jon’s soul- wanted to led him there. It’s laughable to pretend that out of all the previleged noble character, the one who has grown with the stain of bastard, gets handled things.

Fuck anyone who belittles Dany’s accomplishments. But also fuck anyone who belittles Jon’s ones.

“that character is a war criminal” that character is from a fictional fantasy world and did not attend the geneva convention

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Why do Sansa Stans talk about Sansa like she’s the most stupid unaware person on the planet [mostly in relation to her negative actions] until they want her to be Queen and then she’s a bloody genius who’s so perceptive of others??

i just wanted to draw head accessories but it turned out prettier than i expected lol

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